Pos | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/gap | Difference | Reason |
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1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 58 | 1hr 29m 33.283s | ||
2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 58 | 5.036 | 5.036 | |
3 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 58 | 6.309 | 1.273 | |
4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 58 | 7.069 | 0.760 | |
5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 58 | 27.886 | 20.817 | |
6 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 58 | 28.945 | 1.059 | |
7 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 58 | 32.671 | 3.726 | |
8 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 58 | 34.339 | 1.668 | |
9 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 58 | 34.921 | 0.582 | |
10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Renault | 58 | 45.722 | 10.801 | |
11 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | 46.817 | 1.095 | |
12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | 60.278 | 13.461 | |
13 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 58 | 75.759 | 15.481 | |
14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 58 | 78.288 | 2.529 | |
15 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso-Honda | 57 | 1 lap | 1 lap | |
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8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 24 | 34 laps | 33 laps | Wheel | |
20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 22 | 36 laps | 2 laps | Wheel | |
10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Honda | 13 | 45 laps | 9 laps | Power unit | |
9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 5 | 53 laps | 8 laps | Hydraulics | |
35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 4 | 54 laps | 1 lap | Brakes |
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SleepyWill
25th March 2018, 7:48
Really bored of seeing cars half a second+ faster but unable to overtake.
Jere (@jerejj)
25th March 2018, 7:50
A deja-vu regarding last season’s edition to some extent.
elio (@elio)
25th March 2018, 7:53
The real party was on Sunday and Seb was the best dancer.
Sorry Hamster!
chris (@)
25th March 2018, 8:23
Yes Seb was truely better. 🙄
Ryan
25th March 2018, 7:55
Where are those mocking McLaren for dropping Honda now after they “fixed” their reliability by pounding round in testing? 1/2 a race and 1 power unit down already for the mighty Honda!
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
25th March 2018, 8:13
Alonso was great but arguably McLaren are the slowest Renault team at the moment. STR are just a moving test bed, Hartley after the last test thought points were possible therefore they didn’t think they were going to be quick, McLaren on the other hand thought q3 was theirs.
Mercedes are so quick, a lot quicker than Melbourne last year, maybe not as much as they wanted, RB are slower than they thought and Ferrari are as usual well prepared for the start of the season but they tend to fade. Ham’s pace on dirty air and his top speed with no DRS was mega. When Ham gets the tyres right, they are quick on all corners but I suspect the Merc again, is not the best on aero, it’s just a really really good chassis.
Matt
25th March 2018, 9:19
you cant trust a word Mclaren say in the press, everything is preplanned by their marketing people. It´s worthless, the only way to judge Mclaren is by their performance, not what they say to the media.
This is doubly true in testing.
bogaaaa (@nosehair)
25th March 2018, 7:57
For the douted driver of a generation Max drove like rookie very disappointing.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
25th March 2018, 8:18
@nosehair He has always looked impervious to pressure, not today. Max outsmarted at the start, then pushed too hard. I think many people forget that Max takes risks, often it backfires.
chris (@)
25th March 2018, 8:27
He rarely makes mistakes though so it’s hard to remember the few he makes vs the glut of awesome moves he comes out with. Bad day at the office.
bogaaaa (@nosehair)
25th March 2018, 8:37
Max just mentioned the car had something break off it after four laps which caused his..though l thought the team said the spin caused the damage?
Patrick (@paeschli)
25th March 2018, 10:35
@nosehair @peartree @9chris9 I wonder how much is of that is due to pressure from the team. You could see for several laps that he was pushing too hard, yet the team only pressured him into overtaking Magnussen as fast as possible.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
25th March 2018, 19:48
hard to remember? @9chris9 his starts are either brilliant or a crash. In his defence, he could have damage from qualifying or from previous corners. @paeschli Remember that time Max said he didn’t want to settle for 4th. I think both knew that not moving in front of Magnussen meant their strategy was not going to work.
Chaitanya
25th March 2018, 8:02
It seems like this year is even worse for overtaking, cars struggling even to stay close. Alonso was holding back Verstappen, and Hulkenberg holding Bottas. Not a good sign.
Ernesto Patacsil Jr.
25th March 2018, 22:14
Isn’t that nice in a way? DRS has made overtaking so ridiculous. Its also down to the track. Its nice seeing the status quo finishing a bit out of order. I hate seeing a top car struggle or start from the back and still end up on the podium or top 6, its sickening.
UnitedKingdomRacing (@unitedkingdomracing)
25th March 2018, 8:09
McLaren already as good in their first race with Renault as they ever where with Honda points wise.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
25th March 2018, 8:15
@unitedkingdomracing They had a 5th with Honda, now they have a 5th with Renault, it’s just the first race, maybe they’ll do better or not.
UnitedKingdomRacing (@unitedkingdomracing)
25th March 2018, 8:20
@peartree Yes but I was more talking about the overall result of both cars. The never achieved more points in total in a race during the honda years and it’s still early days for the renault partnership
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
25th March 2018, 8:27
@unitedkingdomracing I guess you’re right. This season they might bridge the gap between top 3 and midfield, hopefully.
var
25th March 2018, 9:18
I felt Rosberg was always alert during the VSC, he normally got the jump on someone, always! and so does Vettel, I can’t get my head around VSC but someone on Hams end doesn’t understand it, and I’m not trying to bash Ham but the confusion after Monaco 15 and Today is astounding considering in Monaco 15 Hamilton was the one in the pits, the track is shorter but still, anyway I highly doubt it will happen again on his part.
Ernesto Patacsil Jr.
25th March 2018, 22:57
Ham is undoubtedly one of the fastest, if not the best qualifier in F1 but he would be lost at times during the race without the team’s guidance. All the guy knows is push like hell but his mental “toughness” and intelligence regarding strategy is lacking. Vettel (whom I don’t like being an Alonso fan) even bests Ham there I’d say. Luckily for him and most others, the team is there to guide but I wish they weren’t. Let the drivers be alone on Sunday (aside from mechanics), oh, how I’d love that. Then we’d have a true driver’s championship. Its bad enough when a team’s design dominates but I abhor how they manage the race from pitwall and even huge amounts of people off-site doing race calculations. This and the conservation and being “green” needs stop as F1 needs unpredictability and more variables!
Phylyp (@phylyp)
25th March 2018, 12:08
What is a Sauber doing ahead of a Williams?! Oh man.
Dulin
25th March 2018, 19:51
What is Williams doing behind Sauber? This is the question.
Markus (@aesto)
25th March 2018, 18:42
This doesn’t seem to conform to the official race result (or the race summary). The gaps are wrong and Hulkenberg should be ahead of Bottas, and Sainz ahead of Perez.
stefano (@alfa145)
26th March 2018, 0:09
@keithcollantine the order is wrong
Homerlovesbeer (@homerlovesbeer)
26th March 2018, 1:44
@keithcollantine Mistakes in the results. You have Ricciardo as third?